Fei-Fei Li‘s new book is the story of her journey from China to the U.S., from small business to Big Tech, and from academic research to corporate life, and back… Read More
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will still be led by its namesakes after their divorce, but the foundation announced Wednesday a two-year trial period to see how effectively the… Read More
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett said he will resign as a trustee at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “For years I have been a trustee — an inactive trustee… Read More
Melinda French Gates created Pivotal Ventures in January 2015 with so little fanfare that news of the effort came out after GeekWire accidentally stumbled upon its website. At the time, a… Read More
Bill and Melinda Gates announced Monday that they are ending their marriage after 27 years, sending shockwaves through their hometown and around the world where their philanthropic work has touched… Read More
Bill and Melinda Gates express ongoing concern about the current pandemic in their annual letter, while also looking ahead to preventing the next one. “To prevent the hardship of this… Read More
In a recent Q&A with The New York Times, Melinda Gates reflected on the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenges and hesitations around a vaccine, and “letting her heart break” over the… Read More
The Equality Can’t Wait Challenge announced $10 million in new funding Tuesday, bringing the total grant package to $40 million. The gender equity initiative backed by Melinda Gates and MacKenzie… Read More
Melinda Gates, an advocate for women’s rights internationally, wrote an article published online Wednesday in Foreign Affairs magazine about the COVID-19 pandemic’s outsized harm to women. In “The Pandemic’s Toll… Read More
Two of the world’s wealthiest women are teaming up to roll out a $30 million initiative that will provide grants to organizations with “transformational” ideas for improving gender equality. The… Read More
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “will end up spending a lot more” than the $305 million it has pledged so far to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Bill Gates tells… Read More
Melinda Gates called out a lack of national leadership in the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic in an interview that aired on NBC News’ Today Show this morning, offering… Read More
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed an additional $50 million in funding for the GAVI vaccine alliance to address issues related to COVID-19, focusing on efforts to distribute future… Read More
Bill and Melinda Gates are the reported buyers of a pricey piece of oceanfront real estate near San Diego, Calif., The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The $43 million… Read More
Over the past two decades, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given out $53.6 billion, most of it seeking to improve global health and U.S. education. In a new… Read More
Melinda Gates is launching another initiative to turn the tide for women in tech. Pivotal Ventures, a Seattle-based philanthropic group founded by Gates, announced a $50 million project Tuesday designed… Read More
Sue Desmond-Hellmann, the physician and scientist who led the world’s largest philanthropy as CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for more than five years, announced Thursday morning that… Read More
Microsoft’s venture arm M12 is launching another Female Founders Competition, this time with some help from Melinda Gates and Silicon Valley venture capital fund Mayfield. The competition will award $6… Read More
Melinda Gates, whose book this year documented the systemic and societal challenges that continue to face women around the world, this morning pledged $1 billion over the next 10 years… Read More
In his relentless pursuit to try to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems around sanitation, disease eradication and climate change, Bill Gates is practically robotic in his quest… Read More
Melinda Gates shared stories of her family life, philanthropic pursuits and her unending push to get more girls and women the standing they deserve in tech as she starred as… Read More
When I first saw Bill Gates’ summer book picks, I thought, “This guy knows how to party.” The fact that his list is filled with heavy reads isn’t lost on… Read More
After graduating from Duke University with degrees in computer science and business, Melinda Gates could have worked for any number of companies. She ended up following the advice of an… Read More
Melinda Gates is one of the world’s most vocal advocates for paid family and medical leave. “We are the only industrialized nation, the only one, that does not have paid… Read More
Melinda Gates once famously set a rule in her kitchen. Nobody leaves until mom does. It’s a story she tells often during interviews and it comes up in her new… Read More
The stage lights stayed down as the introductory video ended, and a lone figure walked onto stage in the darkness. When the lights came up, there was Bill Gates, and… Read More
In the past two decades, Melinda Gates has worked on some of the greatest challenges in global health, including making vaccinations and family planning more widely accessible. In her new… Read More
Melinda Gates this week launched Evoke, a new website that bills itself as a “community of optimistis” and aims to highlight inspiring stories of people and projects. Gates, with help… Read More
When Ed Lazowska arrived at the University of Washington four decades ago, there were just 12 computer science faculty members. Meanwhile across Lake Washington, a small startup called Microsoft had… Read More
Should billionaires exist? That question is getting serious attention thanks to liberal officials raising the alarm over wealth concentration. It’s become such a hot-button issue that Late Show host Stephen Colbert… Read More